Brokerage roles in disaster response: organisational mediation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Lind, Benjamin Elliott; Tirado, Miguel D.; Butts, Carter T.; Petrescu-Prahova, Miruna

doi:10.1504/ijem.2008.019908

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“…For that, the role of interorganizational networks lies in establishing stable structures by building norms of trust and reciprocity and encouraging communication among organizational partners for information exchange (Gulati and Gargiulo 1999;Powell 1990). However, in extreme events, interorganizational network may not qualify as a major factor in mitigating behavioural uncertainty when selecting collaborative partners due to excessive transaction costs (Lind et al 2008;Meuleman et al 2009;Uzzi 1997).…”

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Entrepreneurial Brokers in Disaster Response Network in Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Saban

2014

Public Management Review

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Entrepreneurial brokers play a major role in governance networks in a disaster response setting. By identifying patterns of interactions between members in a network of embedded ties, we can explore the strategic use of brokers to mobilize an effective coordination system in the case of the 2013 Philippines disaster. Empirical data were gathered from reported interactions beginning 2 days after Typhoon Haiyan for the following 4 weeks. This paper concludes with practical-based recommendations for international and local agencies to enhance their organizational competencies to serve as entrepreneurial brokers in emergency management.

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Entrepreneurial Brokers in Disaster Response Network in Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Saban

2014

Public Management Review

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“…When this social propagation does occur, however, it takes place in a very rapid and efficient manner, so that users three or even four degrees from eyewitnesses can learn of the emergency within minutes.These results not only deepen our fundamental understanding of human dynamics, but could also improve emergency response. Indeed, while aid organizations increasingly use the distributed, real-time communication tools of the 21st century, much disaster research continues to rely on low-throughput, post-event data, such as questionnaires, eyewitness reports [28,29], and communication records between first responders or relief organizations [30]. The emergency situations explored here indicate that, thanks to the pervasive use of mobile phones, collective changes in human activity patterns can be captured in an objective manner, even at surprisingly short time-scales, opening a new window on this neglected chapter of human dynamics.…”

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Collective Response of Human Populations to Large-Scale Emergencies

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Despite recent advances in uncovering the quantitative features of stationary human activity patterns, many applications, from pandemic prediction to emergency response, require an understanding of how these patterns change when the population encounters unfamiliar conditions. To explore societal response to external perturbations we identified real-time changes in communication and mobility patterns in the vicinity of eight emergencies, such as bomb attacks and earthquakes, comparing these with eight non-emergencies, like concerts and sporting events. We find that communication spikes accompanying emergencies are both spatially and temporally localized, but information about emergencies spreads globally, resulting in communication avalanches that engage in a significant manner the social network of eyewitnesses. These results offer a quantitative view of behavioral changes in human activity under extreme conditions, with potential long-term impact on emergency detection and response.

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“…However, while governance networks can serve as means to cope with the shifting demands of unpredictable and increasingly turbulent environmental uncertainty, there is also considerable uncertainty associated with incomplete information on potential partners that raises search costs and the risk of exposure to opportunistic behaviors while forming interagency ties (Gulati & Gargiulo, 1999). For that, governance networks emerge as a structural underpinning for mitigating behavioral uncertainty when selecting collaborative partners due to excessive transaction costs (Gulati & Gargiulo, 1999;Lind, Tirado, Butts, & Petrescu-Prahova, 2008;Meuleman, Amess, Wright, & Scholes, 2009;Powell, 1990;Uzzi, 1997).…”

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Brokers and Entrepreneurs in Human Stem Cell Governance Networks in the United States

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Borohowitch

2017

Review of Policy Research

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The policy debate over embryonic stem cell (ESC) research in the United States mainly focuses on the extent to which the government ought to provide resources for that research. This article addresses the strategic use of network positions to mobilize an effective coordination system for lifting the moratorium on funding of ESC under the Obama administration since March 2009. By identifying patterns of interactions between members in a network of embedded ties, we can explore the major actors who play the role of brokers or entrepreneurs in stem cell research funding policy under the Obama administration. For that, this article utilizes social network analysis and the G&F brokerage roles framework to identify key brokers in facilitating coordination among various members engaged in funding human stem cell research in the governance network.

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Brokerage roles in disaster response: organisational mediation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Entrepreneurial Brokers in Disaster Response Network in Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Entrepreneurial Brokers in Disaster Response Network in Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

Collective Response of Human Populations to Large-Scale Emergencies

Brokers and Entrepreneurs in Human Stem Cell Governance Networks in the United States

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